Alert archive / Kansas / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 8, NWS Topeka, KS
NWS Topeka, KS issued this red flag warning at Oct 4, 2011, 5:21 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 4, 2011, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2011, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Topeka, KS
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232 WWUS83 KTOP 041021 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 521 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ008>011-020>023-034-041730- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0002.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0008.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.A.0003.111005T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA- 521 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE PREVIOUS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. THE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ035>038-054-041730- /O.UPG.KTOP.FW.A.0002.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTOP.FW.W.0008.111004T1700Z-111005T0000Z/ DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- 521 AM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR BREE CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. THE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
068 WWUS83 KTOP 041725 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1225 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ008>011-020>023-034-050130- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.A.0003.111005T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA- 1225 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. THE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ035>038-054-050000- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- 1225 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. THE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
597 WWUS83 KTOP 042011 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 311 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... KSZ035>038-054-050130- /O.EXA.KTOP.FW.A.0003.111005T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- 311 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE MIDDLE 80S WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. THE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ KSZ008>011-020>023-034-050130- /O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.A.0003.111005T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA- 311 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE MIDDLE 80S WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. THE DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
811 WWUS83 KTOP 050006 RFWTOP URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 706 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 KSZ008>011-020>023-034>038-054-050815- /O.EXP.KTOP.FW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-111005T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTOP.FW.A.0003.111005T1700Z-111006T0000Z/ REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-POTTAWATOMIE- OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-WABAUNSEE-LYON- 706 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BREEZY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF HIGHWAY 75... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON THROUGH 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S. * IMPACTS...GRASSES ARE DRY AND CURED. DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON COULD LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. FIRES WILL START QUICKLY...SPREAD FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ WOLTERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Topeka, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 5:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TOP | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Lyon, Marshall and 8 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Kansas, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.